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Sociology, Theory, and the Feminist Sociological Canon [PDF]
In this article, I revisit the concept of “doing gender” to query whether the framework as directly articulated by West and Zimmerman is meant to be a description of social life (a social theory) or a testable and potentially falsifiable explanation of ...
Shannon N. Davis
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This textbook analyses the work of classical and contemporary sociological theorists. The first part is dedicated to Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Pareto, and Simmel. The second part covers the major contemporary sociological perspectives: Functionalism, Marxism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, Phenomenological Sociology, and ...
RITZER, George J.
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Editorial: Conversation analysis and sociological theory [PDF]
Melisa Stevanovic +3 more
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Herbert Spencer, Sociological Theory, and the Professions [PDF]
This article presents new insights into Spencer's theoretical sociology as he applied it to the professions and professional institutions, which he discussed extensively, particularly in his Principles of Sociology.
John Offer
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Brief guidelines for teaching sociological theory today
The article discusses the relevance of teaching sociological theory and presents in a synthetic mode a set of guidelines for a program of study. The main argument is that the study of sociological theory should consider both classical and contemporary ...
Elida Rubini Liedke +1 more
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In search of quality and equity: The United Kingdom and Germany in the struggle for PISA scores
School reforms aiming at improving educational performance (quality), closing achievement gaps and reducing the impact of family background on performance (equity) have been on the agenda worldwide for three decades.
Richard Muench, Oliver Wieczorek
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Rural Sociology and Sociological Theory
Pavel Pospěch, László J. Kulcsár
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Necessary Metatheory for the Critique of Sociological Theories [PDF]
Sociological theories are diverse and this science needs rethinking and critique. If so, far sociological critiques have not had a clear framework. Therefore, a specific method and framework are needed to critique sociological theories.
Hamid Masoudi, Ali Yousofi
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Children’s perspectives on being absorbed when reading fiction: A Q methodology study
Research in the intersections of literature, media, and psychology increasingly examines the absorbing story experiences of adult readers, typically relying on quantitative self-report questionnaires.
Anežka Kuzmičová +2 more
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Brazilian sociological theory and postcolonial criticism
The article discusses to what extent sociological theories produced in the Brazilian academic field dialogue with a global intellectual movement criticizing coloniality and the Eurocentric foundations of the social sciences.
Lucas Amaral de Oliveira +1 more
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